Multiple backops to external drive

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by papak, Oct 16, 2008.

  1. papak

    papak Private E-2

    I have several computers with fairly small drives (60-80g). Can I backup all of these computers to the same 500g external Maxtor drive? Do I need to reformat the external hard drive into several drive sectors? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    TIA
     
    papak, Oct 16, 2008
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    An external hard drive is capable of holding images from more than one computer. No need to partition the external hard drive. I use Acronis TI and have backups for 3 computers on my external drive. Each backup is in several folders. I just make sure that I select great labels for the folder. For example, Full_Backup_HP_Oct16_08 and Full_Backup_Micron_Oct15_08. I also have folders with movies and music in the external drive - all one large partition. It is actually your choice to partition or not partition.
     
    plodr, Oct 16, 2008
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